Disk over Ellicottville, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Accidentally captured a picture of a UFO, while focusing on amazing fall foliage. Disc shaped over the hills in Ellicottville, NY on 9/26/20 at 429 pm at the Ellicottville Dog park. Got two pictures at two different angles. Didn’t notice it until later. Black and/or Silver, must have been moving fast as it is the only thing in the picture that is slightly blurred. Posted report. Then looked at a different photo, and realized I have one an hour later with 3 uniform objects higher in the sky, which blown up show that all have highlights on the left hand side as if sun is shining off of metal or something shiny. Actually, looking closer at the cloud cover, there is actually 7 possibly 8 that are the same size and uniform in shape. The last photo is on the opposite side of the same ridge as the first 2 photos where one was lower and very clear in the sky. Freaky. Way too large to be drones. At least a mile away.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159607). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-09-24 → 2020-10-11
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